Session 1—Math (No Calculator)

Write your answers for questions 1 through 30 in the spaces provided on

page 38, session 1 answer sheet. Write only one answer for each question.
You may work problems in your test booklet or on scratch paper, but you must
mark your answer on your answer sheet. You may review your work in this
session, but do not work on any other session.

You may NOT use a calculator for this session.

1. Add

8.64 + 7.098 + 10.9901

A. 15.5281
B. 16.84701
C. 26.7281
D. 27.611

2. The change, in yards, in a football team’s position on the field for each of their last four plays is
shown below.

– 4, 7, –7, 0

Which list correctly compares the changes, in yards, in the football team’s position on the field?

A. –7 < –4 < 0 < 7

B. – 4 < –7 < 0 < 7
C. 0 < –7 < – 4 < 7
D. 0 < – 4 < –7 < 7

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3. Use the equation below to answer the question.

6x + 3 = 3(2x + 3)

Which statement correctly explains whether the equation is true or not?

A. It is true because 6x equals 3 × 2x.

B. It is not true because 3 × 3 does not equal 3.
C. It is true because the terms on the left are multiples of 3.
D. It is not true because all the x values should be on the same side of the equation.

4. Sheila put a new lightbulb into a light socket. The lightbulb was on for 24 hours a day and
burned out after 1,806 hours. Sheila did the work below to determine how many days the
lightbulb lasted.
75
24 1,806
−1 68
126
−120
6

Sheila needs to finish the calculation to find how long, in days, the lightbulb lasted. Which
statement about Sheila’s calculations is true?

A. Sheila completed the calculation by subtracting 24 – 6 to get 18 and found that the
lightbulb lasted 75.18 days.
B. Sheila completed the calculation by dividing 6 ÷ 24 to get 0.25 and found that the lightbulb
lasted 75.25 days.
C. Sheila completed the calculation by dividing 24 ÷ 6 to get 4 and found that the lightbulb
lasted 75.4 days.
D. Sheila completed the calculation by adding on 0.6 of a day since the remainder is 6 and
found that the lightbulb lasted 75.6 days.

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5. Multiply.

6.23 × 9.3

A. 57.939
B. 74.76
C. 579.39
D. 747.6

6. Philip and Veronica are in band together. He asked her a statistical question. Which question
could Philip have asked Veronica?

A. How many instruments do you own?

B. How much did your first instrument cost?
C. How old were you when you started playing an instrument?
D. How long are the songs you practice playing on your instrument?

7. The bottom of a swimming pool is 10 feet below the surface of the water in the pool. The
surface of the water is represented by the number 0, and the bottom of the pool is represented
by the number –10. The pool’s diving board is the same distance above the surface of the
water as the bottom of the pool is below the surface of the water. What number represents the
location of the diving board?
1
A.
10

B. 0

C. 10

D. 20

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8. Alessandro plotted point A on the coordinate grid below.

5
4
3
2
1
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5
x
–1
–2
–3 A
–4
–5

He reflected point A across one of the axes to create point B. Which ordered pair could be the
location of point B?

A. (–3, –4)
B. (–4, 3)
C. (4, –3)
D. (4, 3)

9. Charlotte invested $100 per year into a business for 3 years. The total value of her investment
after 3 years is represented by the algebraic expression below, where x is the growth in value
each year.

100(x 3 + x 2 + x)

What is the total value of her investment when x = 2?

A. $600
B. $1200
C. $1400
D. $6400

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10. In Xavier’s coin collection, 1 of the coins are pennies, 11 of the coins are nickels, and 1 of
5 40 4
the coins are dimes. Which list correctly compares these portions of Xavier’s coin
collection?
1 1 11
A. < <
4 5 40

1 1 11
B. < <
5 4 40

1 11 1
C. < <
5 40 4

11 1 1
D. < <
40 5 4

1
11. Corrine brought 1pounds of sand home from the beach. The shaded part of the rectangles
3
shows how many pounds of sand Corrine brought home from the beach.

2
of a pound of sand in each bottle.
Corrine put the sand in bottles to give to friends. She put
9
What is the greatest number of bottles Corrine can put sand in?

A. 4 bottles
B. 6 bottles
C. 8 bottles
D. 9 bottles

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12. A box of cookies costs $4. Freeman has $34. The inequality below can be used to find the
numbers of boxes of cookies, x, Freeman can buy with $34.

4x ≤ 34

Which statement describes all the possible numbers of boxes of cookies Freeman can buy
with $34?

A. He can buy 8 boxes of cookies or fewer.

B. He can buy 9 boxes of cookies or fewer.
C. He can buy 30 boxes of cookies or fewer.
D. He can buy 38 boxes of cookies or fewer.

13. Travel-size toothpaste tubes can be purchased in the following weights: 0.9 ounce, 0.85 ounce,
1.0 ounce, and 0.6 ounce. Which number line represents the weights, in ounces, of the
travel-size toothpaste tubes?

1.0
0.6 0.9
A.
0.85
0 1

1.0 0.6 0.9

B.
0.85
0 1

1.0 0.6 0.9

C.
0.85
0 1

1.0
0.6 0.9
D.
0.85
0 1

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14. Benny asked 20 students how many states, besides Louisiana, they had visited. The line plot
below shows the results.

States Visited
X
X X
X X X X
X X X X X X
X X X X X X X

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of States

Which statement best describes the distribution of the data from Benny’s survey?

A. Half of the students had visited exactly 2 states.

B. Half of the students had visited 2 or more states.
C. Half of the students had visited 2 or fewer states.
D. Half of the students had visited the same 2 states.

1 2
15. Olivia and Ray walk to school. Olivia walks of a mile to school. Her walk is of the
4 3
distance that Ray walks to school. What is the total distance, in miles, that Ray walks to

school?

1
A. of a mile
6

3
B. of a mile
8

5
C. of a mile
12

11
D. of a mile
12

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16. Amanda, Javier, and Kris each measure the change in their hair lengths over a year.
• Amanda’s hair length (A) is 3.4 inches longer than last year.
• Javier’s hair length (J) is 2.1 inches shorter than last year.
• Kris’s hair length (K) is 0.6 inches shorter than last year.

Which number line best represents the changes in hair lengths of each person using
points A, J, and K?

J K A
A.
–6 –3 0 3 6

J A K
B.
–6 –3 0 3 6

K J A
C.
–6 –3 0 3 6

A J K
D.
–6 –3 0 3 6

17. Which is a pair of equal expressions?

A. 9y + 6 and 6y + 9
B. 7x – 3 and 3 – 7x
C. 2y × 4 and 2 × 4y
D. 5x – 10 and 5(2 – x)

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18. Galina plotted the points below on a coordinate grid.

4
P Q
3
2
1
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 x
–1
–2
–3
S –4 R

Which two points are exactly 6 units apart on the coordinate grid?

A. P and Q
B. Q and R
C. R and S
D. S and P

19. Miguel’s scooter can travel at a maximum speed of 45 miles per hour. Which inequality models
all the speeds, s, at which Miguel’s scooter can travel?

A. s < 45
B. s > 45
C. s ≤ 45
D. s ≥ 45

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20. Of the 12 people in line at an ice-cream shop, 8 ordered cones with 2 scoops of ice cream.
The rest ordered cones with 1 scoop of ice cream. Which picture models this ratio?

A. C.

B. D.

21. Mr. Marquis had a metal pipe that was 1,000 cm in length. He cut the pipe into 16 shorter
pieces of equal length. Mr. Marquis used the expression below to find the length of each of the
smaller pieces of pipe.

1,000 ÷ 16

What is the length of each of the smaller pieces of pipe?

1
A. 62 cm
2

B. 62.8 cm

1
C. 63 cm
2

D. 63.8 cm

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22. Zaria earns $6 per hour at her job. She also earned a bonus of $30 this week. To find the total
amount she earned this week, Zaria used the expression below, where h is the number of
hours she worked this week.

6h + 30

Zaria worked 32 hours this week. What is the total amount of money Zaria earned this week?

A. $68
B. $192
C. $222
D. $662

23. A construction worker is using the coordinate grid below to show the length of a wall inside a
house.

y
9
8
7
6 Key
5 = 1 unit
4
= 1 unit
3
2
1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x

One end of the wall will be at (4, 5). The wall will be 4 units long. Which point could be the
location of the other end of the wall?

A. (0, 5)
B. (4, 4)
C. (5, 0)
D. (8, 9)

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24. Tanya does push-ups and sit-ups every morning. She does p push-ups and 2p + 5 sit-ups.
Which statement describes the number of sit-ups Tanya does every morning?

A. The number of sit-ups is 5 fewer than half the number of push-ups she does.
B. The number of sit-ups is 5 more than half the number of push-ups she does.
C. The number of sit-ups is 5 fewer than twice the number of push-ups she does.
D. The number of sit-ups is 5 more than twice the number of push-ups she does.

25. Use the number line to answer the question below.

8
0 9
1

8
The number line shows the locations of the values , p, and 1. Which value could p
9
represent?
17
A.
30

16
B.
18

19
C.
20

9
D.
8

26. A restaurant sold h hamburgers yesterday. The number of cheeseburgers sold yesterday is
represented by the expression below.

6h – 21

Which other expression also shows how many cheeseburgers were sold yesterday?

A. (h – 21) + 5h
B. 3(3h – 18)
C. 6 + (h – 21)
D. 3(2 – 7) × h

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27. Ingrid used the coordinate grid shown below to plot her rectangular garden.

Ingrid’s Garden
y
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 x
= 1 square unit

A corner of the garden is at (3, 2) and the opposite corner is at (8, 6). In square units, what is
the area of Ingrid’s garden?

A. 4 square units
B. 5 square units
C. 18 square units
D. 20 square units

28. Use the expression below to answer the question.

4(2x + 10y)

Which expression is equivalent to the one shown?

A. 8(x + 5y)
B. 8x + 10y
C. 8(x + 10y)
D. 8x + 14y

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29. A water cooler has 4.2 gallons of water in it. Simon spills 0.25 of a gallon of the water. He uses
the expression below to find how many gallons of water are remaining in the water cooler.

4.2 – 0.25

How many gallons of water are remaining in the water cooler?

A. 1.7 gallons
B. 3.05 gallons
C. 3.95 gallons
D. 4.05 gallons

30. The algebraic expression 6x 2 + 9x + 3 represents the area of a rectangle. What is the area of
the rectangle when x = 3 feet?

A. 51 square feet
B. 60 square feet
C. 66 square feet
D. 84 square feet

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